South San Jose: Two-alarm apartment blaze displaces four

SAN JOSE -- A two-alarm blaze that broke out in a second-story unit Tuesday evening was quickly brought under control, but four residents in four units were displaced due to damage, fire officials said.

The fire was reported around 6:18 p.m. at the three-story Oaks Apartments, at 110 Roundtable Drive near Monterey Road in South San Jose. The building has a parking garage on the first floor and residences above.

"When crews got there one of the units was fully involved," said San Jose fire Capt. Rob Brown. "The unit above it had heavy smoke damage."

Brown said the resident of the burning unit was next door having dinner when it broke out, and nobody was injured. The cause was not immediately known, and the blaze was brought under control in about a half-hour.

Alejandra Iniguez, 13, said she heard "a lot of noise, and smelled smoke" before rushing outside to see what was going on.

"You could hear the windows exploding, and there was a lot of smoke coming out," she said.

The property manager is helping the residents with temporary housing, fire officials said.